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[White Rabbit]

This group is TOO KIND I have 350 some likes and I have only been chatting with you all for a couple of weeks. Thank you all.

I did receive my DYI supplies from Magic Wizard (Sorry Wizard Labs) today my total cost for 6 different flavors and 120 ML of unflavored PG @ 24 mg Nic was $22.11 including shipping. I already had 6 oz of USP Glycerine, so after mixing I will have 240 ML of base 50/50 PG/VG at 12 mg Nic.

My first try at mixing my all day vape Black Magic was 100% spot on. Am I ever going to save money doing DYI!

I tried a coffee mix with Kona Coffee and Caramel Cappuccino flavors, and it smells fabulous, but does not taste like coffee for some reason. I think I used too much flavor and will have to experiment with that one.

Time for dinner, Bye

 

[awsum140]

The thing the gets me about DIY is that I'm always trying new flavors and mixes and keep finding another one I really like...that is untilI mix an try another one!

 

[ThreadKiller]

This group is TOO KIND I have 350 some likes and I have only been chatting with you all for a couple of weeks. Thank you all.

I did receive my DYI supplies from Magic Wizard today my total cost for 6 different flavors and 120 ML of unflavored PG @ 24 mg Nic was $22.11 including shipping. I already had 6 oz of USP Glycerine, so after mixing I will have 240 ML of base 50/50 PG/VG at 12 mg Nic.

My first try at mixing my all day vape Black Magic was 100% spot on. Am I ever going to save money doing DYI!

I tried a coffee mix with Kona Coffee and Caramel Cappuccino flavors, and it smells fabulous, but does not taste like coffee for some reason. I think I used too much flavor and will have to experiment with that one.

Time for dinner, Bye

Where's Magic Wizard? I can't seem to find that place. I get my stuff from Wizard Labs, but I like to look at other places too.

 

[SandySu]

Aw SandySu - please don't think that I took any offense because you were worried. Actually, I found it very heart-warming. And, it made me feel even closer to you. Thank you for that.

Blues doesn't "hover". He gives me just the right amount of concern and trust. He knows when I'm having a rough time, and keeps me company. He doesn't constantly bombard me with questions about how I feel, and I treat him in the same way. We both have issues. Neither of us want to dwell on those issues. We both have ways of easing those issues for each other even though we are hundreds of miles apart.

The truth is: I've never had anyone hover over me or take care of me since I was a small child. Even when I've needed it and really wanted it! Sometimes people assume that strong individuals never need help. Sometimes they do. Sometimes it would be an enormous relief to be able to just relax and focus on getting better instead of having to always be strong.

Rave, thanks. I'm glad you took my concern the right way. I know how you feel, not wanting to be a dependent person; I'm like that, too. I want to be self-sufficient, sometimes even when I should ask for help. I think it's important to try for a balance, though. If I need help, then I should ask for it, not just try to tough it out or suffer in silence. I guess this injury I'm dealing with is a life lesson in that. Sometimes I feel that things that happen to me in life are for a reason, to teach me a life skill I badly need to learn. If I'm too dense to figure it out, sometimes something like this injury comes along to teach it to me. Sometimes I rant about things happening for no good reason, things I can't see how I caused from carelessness or could have prevented, but even then, if I calm down and really look at things, I can learn from my circumstances. I'm trying to do that with the arm injury. I can't imagine what having MS can be teaching you, but maybe there's something positive to glean from it. I certainly hope so. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, trying to see some good to come from adversity, but I guess it's less depressing than thinking there's nothing good about it at all.

Boy! Am I getting philosophical! Time to quit and lighten the conversation. Any more good jokes White Rabbit?

 

[Dovahkiin]

Breaking News from Washington DC. Capital of the USA !
The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that there cannot
be a Nativity Scene in the United States' Capitol this
Christmas season. This isn't for any religious reasons. They
simply have not been able to find Three Wise Men in the
Nation's Capitol. A search for a Virgin continues. There was
no problem, however, finding enough asses to fill the stable.

Now that is sooo true it's funny

 

[SandySu]

This group is TOO KIND I have 350 some likes and I have only been chatting with you all for a couple of weeks. Thank you all.

I did receive my DYI supplies from Magic Wizard today my total cost for 6 different flavors and 120 ML of unflavored PG @ 24 mg Nic was $22.11 including shipping. I already had 6 oz of USP Glycerine, so after mixing I will have 240 ML of base 50/50 PG/VG at 12 mg Nic.

My first try at mixing my all day vape Black Magic was 100% spot on. Am I ever going to save money doing DYI!

I tried a coffee mix with Kona Coffee and Caramel Cappuccino flavors, and it smells fabulous, but does not taste like coffee for some reason. I think I used too much flavor and will have to experiment with that one.

Time for dinner, Bye

You have so many Likes because you are so entertaining, White Rabbit!

 

[Dovahkiin]

Since you all seem to be in the mood for early AM humor, this was also posted on Facebood by one of my friends.

Why married women should not go to Girls Night Out !

The other night I was invited out for a night with the "girls." I told my husband that I would be home by midnight, "I promise!" Well, the hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easily. Around 3 am, a bit loaded, I headed for home.
Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the hallway started up and cuckooed 3 times. Quickly, realizing my husband would probably wake up, I cuckooed another 9 times. I was really proud of myself for coming up with such a quick-witted solution, in order to escape a possible conflict with him. Even when totally smashed... 3 cuckoos plus 9 cuckoos totals 12 cuckoos = MIDNIGHT ! The next morning my husband asked me what time I got in, I told him "MIDNIGHT"... he didn't seem ...... off in the least. Whew, I got away with that one! Then he said "We need a new cuckoo clock." When I asked him why, he said, "Well, last night our clock cuckooed three times, then said "oh ...." Cuckooed 4 more times, cleared its throat, cuckooed another three times, giggled, cuckooed twice more, and then tripped over the coffee table and farted.

ROFL

 

[rave]

Rave, thanks. I'm glad you took my concern the right way. I know how you feel, not wanting to be a dependent person; I'm like that, too. I want to be self-sufficient, sometimes even when I should ask for help. I think it's important to try for a balance, though. If I need help, then I should ask for it, not just try to tough it out or suffer in silence. I guess this injury I'm dealing with is a life lesson in that. Sometimes I feel that things that happen to me in life are for a reason, to teach me a life skill I badly need to learn. If I'm too dense to figure it out, sometimes something like this injury comes along to teach it to me. Sometimes I rant about things happening for no good reason, things I can't see how I caused from carelessness or could have prevented, but even then, if I calm down and really look at things, I can learn from my circumstances. I'm trying to do that with the arm injury. I can't imagine what having MS can be teaching you, but maybe there's something positive to glean from it. I certainly hope so. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, trying to see some good to come from adversity, but I guess it's less depressing than thinking there's nothing good about it at all.

Boy! Am I getting philosophical! Time to quit and lighten the conversation. Any more good jokes White Rabbit?

How 'bout: humility, a sense of humor, tolerance, patience, and learning to live outside of yourself. That's not a bad haul. Just my

 

[rave]

We need some more laughs! Some of you have already seen this, but ... there are a lot of new folks. That gives me an excuse to post it again:

 

[White Rabbit]

I get my stuff from Wizard Labs, but I like to look at other places too.

Well,...... Wizard Labs it is Mr. Squirrel (I edited my post LOL)
. I was so intent on my Black Magic juice that I mistook where I purchase it for the name of the juice. Keep me on the ball kind sir.

 

[Bluesman]

Blues, you must know what hovering feels like, how demeaning it can be. Please try not to. When Pat was here to help out after I broke my arm, she hovered. The worst case was once, when I was first injured and was constantly finding out new things it was hard for me to do, I was eating dinner with my left hand. Of course, Pat had to cut up my meat for me. OK, I understand that. But when I got down to the last bite on my plate, I kept chasing it around, unable to get hold of it. I was grumbling and cursing, not yet able to accept certain limitations. Finally, I just gave up. After all, I had eaten my dinner except for one last teaspoonful. What harm would it do to just leave it? Just then, Pat descended like a bird of prey with a spoon and tried to stuff that last bite in my mouth! Aargh! Being spoon-fed was worse than not eating that last bite of dinner! I am sorry to say, I lost it. I yelled at her and told her never to try that again.

I know you aren't there with Rave to spoon-feed her or whatever other form your hovering might take, but still, if it annoys her and she tells you it does, take her seriously. I know how it feels to be hovered over, and I've given it some thought, just recently having become more helpless than I'm used to being and having Pat hover in so many ways. If I told her I wanted to do it myself, let's say put on a coat, and I was struggling to do it, I wanted to keep trying till I gave up and asked for help, not have someone grab the coat and put it over my shoulder for me. I wanted to do as much as I could so I could learn to be as self-sufficient as possible. If I let people do everything for me, it would keep me more helpless. And I think hovering is a form of lack of trust in the helpless person. The hoverer doesn't believe that person can really assess her own capabilities and decide for herself whether she wants to keep doing it on her own or ask for help. It's as if the hoverer doesn't believe the helpless person can make good choices. As I said, a lack of trust in the person's ability to decide for herself.

I hope you take this the right way. It's just a subject that's come up recently in my own life and how I feel about it. I wanted to share. I guess I was hovering, too, worrying about Raven when I know her son is close by and you are in contact with her, too. I'm sorry I didn't have more trust.

I was serving in the Marine Corp during the Vietnam War. Twelve of us were sent on a mission one night, two of us came out alive. One, who suffered a few minor injuries, drug me to safety. The right side of my body badly injured by an explosion. My right arm was amputated up to the shoulder. They were able to reconstruct my right leg and perform a skin graft. My skull was shattered, they removed what bone they could from my brain, put in a plate, and closed it up. I lost some teeth, lost eyesight in my right eye, and was left with other assorted scars and injuries.

I don't want you to get upset or think you did or said something wrong for me to tell you this. As a matter of fact, I need to have a great deal of respect for someone before I tell them any of that. I am familiar with people hovering. I am a very independent and confident person. I have been very successful in life and I am proud of that because I did it all myself.

I didn't tell you this to get all serious or to have you think I need to be treated differently. That's not neccessary. If you didn't like me before, there's no reason to start liking me now.

The funny thing is there are times Raven hovers over me. And there are times I hover over her. We are an odd couple.

 

[ThreadKiller]

Well,...... Wizard Labs it is Mr. Squirrel (I edited my post LOL)
. I was so intent on my Black Magic juice that I mistook where I purchase it for the name of the juice. Keep me on the ball kind sir.

Just making sure I wasn't missing a vendor not on my list. I did find a "Magic Wizard" additive that's supposed to increase vapor though.

 

[SandySu]

We need some more laughs! Some of you have already seen this, but ... there are a lot of new folks. That gives me an excuse to post it again:

Just what the doctor ordered! LOL -- and I love Carmina Burana, anyway. Even though I love something and can take it seriously, though, doesn't mean I can't still laugh at this. Thanks!

 

[SandySu]

I was serving in the Marine Corp during the Vietnam War. Twelve of us were sent on a mission one night, two of us came out alive. One, who suffered a few minor injuries, drug me to safety. The right side of my body badly injured by an explosion. My right arm was amputated up to the shoulder. They were able to reconstruct my right leg and perform a skin graft. My skull was shattered, they removed what bone they could from my brain, put in a plate, and closed it up. I lost some teeth, lost eyesight in my right eye, and was left with other assorted scars and injuries.

I don't want you to get upset or think you did or said something wrong for me to tell you this. As a matter of fact, I need to have a great deal of respect for someone before I tell them any of that. I am familiar with people hovering. I am a very independent and confident person. I have been very successful in life and I am proud of that because I did it all myself.

I didn't tell you this to get all serious or to have you think I need to be treated differently. That's not neccessary. If you didn't like me before, there's no reason to start liking me now.

The funny thing is there are times Raven hovers over me. And there are times I hover over her. We are an odd couple.

Thank you for confiding in us. I knew you had lost an arm but not about your other injuries. I bet you had your share of hovering when you were recovering, so you know what it's like to be on the receiving end. Maybe what you call hovering isn't overprotectiveness but is just caring. There's a fine line. Doesn't life feel a lot like walking a tightrope sometimes?

 

[abracadebra]

Mornin' All!

I'm hangin' in there. My biggest problem seems to be that the warranty has expired on this bod of mine. Blues is right though - my spirits are in great shape. My thanks to him for that.

Anyhow - I'm about ready to build an ark to deal with all the rain we've been having. In the spirit of precipitation (and because I'm a weather freak), I submit:

the power of the doors....great tune vid rave..where having some rain atm...in good old Beerwah Qld....cool by me.............

 

[marlou]

We need some more laughs! Some of you have already seen this, but ... there are a lot of new folks. That gives me an excuse to post it again:

If I'd watched that on NetFlix I'd a given it 5 stars!

 

[Uncle]

The truth is: I've never had anyone hover over me or take care of me since I was a small child. Even when I've needed it and really wanted it! Sometimes people assume that strong individuals never need help. Sometimes they do. Sometimes it would be an enormous relief to be able to just relax and focus on getting better instead of having to always be strong.

So True - So True . . .

 

[White Rabbit]

Hey Bluesman! Here's three for you guyView attachment 159157

 

[Uncle]

We are an odd couple.

NA - REALLY . . . I don't think any of "Us" would have ever known that . . .

 

[proudlion]